High · Minnesota

South Washington Alternative HS

AlternativeFree meals for all

South Washington Alternative HS, a public high school in Cottage Grove, Minnesota: grades 6–12, 97 students, 7.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of South Washington County Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 97
Teachers (FTE): 13.3
Students per teacher: 7.3
Grades: 6–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 86% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 14.4 · 708 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 92% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 58% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 140 · 824 schools compared

Smaller than 82% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–12
Type: District school · Alternative
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: South Washington County Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with South Washington County Schools.

Location

Address: 8400 E Point Douglas Rd S, Cottage Grove, MN 55016
Phone: (651)425-7001
City or town: Cottage Grove
County: Washington County

Website Quality of life in Cottage Grove Schools in Cottage Grove

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Great Rivers Adult EducationAlternative	10–12	7	—	0.0 mi
Park High School	9–12	1,992	21.1	1.2 mi
Next Step Transition ProgramSpecial educationFree meals for all	12	86	22.5	1.6 mi
East Ridge High School	9–12	2,072	24.3	4.7 mi
199 Online High School	9–12	0	—	5.5 mi
Simley Alternative ProgramAlternative	9–12	25	13.7	5.5 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 273381001777